paranoia
Example Sentences
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Mr. Pynchon, a descendant of the colonial family fictionalized in “The House of the Seven Gables,” infuses his chronicle with a modern sense of paranoia and a taste for countercultural heresies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026
“Eddington” took on pandemic paranoia and our fraying connection to reality.
From Salon • Jun. 15, 2026
Jones has a history of paranoia and is believe to have made 13 calls to the FBI this year reporting that he was being threatened and intimidated, according to the complaint.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
The result in Beijing verged at times towards collective paranoia.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
It was perhaps in another such fit of paranoia that Dad fired my mother’s sister Angie.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
Vocabulary lists containing paranoia
"The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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"There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury (1950)
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